MEANINGFULLY Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

meaningfully

adverb

Definition of meaningfully

as in sensibly

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Recent Examples of meaningfully This differs meaningfully from sports or deep tissue work, since pressure stays light enough to affect only the skin layer. — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026 Still, if only there were a way to capture a fraction of that processing power, the carbon footprint of computing could meaningfully shrink. — New Atlas, 2 July 2026 Where the sources diverged more meaningfully is in explaining why institutions haven’t intervened—and each offered a different piece of the puzzle. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 July 2026 Employees should be recognized for meaningfully showing up—being good colleagues, bringing positive energy and ideas to work—not for clocking the longest hours. — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 But other studies have shown that giving the vaccines at the same time does not meaningfully reduce the effectiveness of either, and potentially increases uptake. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 30 June 2026 Last year, when Brody had a New York exhibition, for example, this critic noted that his art fails to meaningfully respond to Pop art. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 30 June 2026

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William Saliba — France/Arsenal (position unchanged) Gave up almost nothing to his Arsenal team-mate Gyokeres as France nonchalantly dismissed Sweden, dominating in the air and on the floor while distributing the ball sensibly.

— Liam Twomey, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Want to refresh your look for the summer months both chicly and sensibly?

— Ana Morales, Vogue, 29 June 2026

Definition of sensibly

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If the answer to that question is no, or more relevantly, not soon enough to satisfy investors’ expectations about the future, then the fallout in global equities could be brutal.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2025
The Her Smell director (and, relevantly, former Kim’s Video clerk) fully taps into his dark side for this sadistic little number about a community terrorized by a child-abducting serial killer.

— A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025

Definition of relevantly

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More pertinently, while improved forecasts are to be welcomed, United will still fall further behind several rivals this season in the earnings stakes, a natural byproduct of missing out on this season’s UEFA Champions League.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 27 May 2026
In the same way characters come and go, bulletins from the outside world pop up as backdrop, with references to The Balfour Declaration and, more pertinently, the upcoming Peel Commission, which, published the following year, would open the gates to partition.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2026

Definition of pertinently

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The defense had argued to delay the hearing, saying in court filings this spring the high volume of discovery meant Robinson’s attorneys would be unable to adequately prepare.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Gupta considers the blanket rent freeze a blunt tool that doesn't adequately address the affordability crisis.

— James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026

Definition of adequately

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All the President’s Men' (1976) Not only an American classic, but likely the only movie where a close-up of a busy typewriter is a perfectly satisfying ending.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Cheesy, salty, and perfectly spicy, these Southern favorites will be the first snack snatched up at your gathering.

— Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 1 July 2026

Definition of perfectly

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Buchhorn’s conviction was overturned in 2021, after the Court of Appeals of Kansas found Buchhorn’s defense did not sufficiently question Erik Mitchell of Frontier Forensics Midwest, an independent contractor who performed Oliver’s autopsy.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
Lei's team propose that this glitch either strengthened or reoriented, or both, the magnetic field of the Blue Eye Pulsar sufficiently to trigger radio emissions, or at least make feeble radio waves that were already there detectable.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of sufficiently

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The big question with Ball is always health, and if that’s answered satisfactorily this coming season, Minnesota will be a force to contend with when factoring in the benefit for Edwards of having a legitimate playmaker alongside him.

— Juan Carlos Blanco, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
The bid effort called for explaining how Arrowhead could be contoured to FIFA specifications, an issue that the Chiefs weren’t able to answer satisfactorily before 1994.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026

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